Date
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Wool, 2:2 twill weave; embroidered with wool in chain and running stitches; couching and French knots
Dimensions
120.6 × 68.6 cm (47 1/2 × 27 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. John V. Farwell III
Reference Number
1968.779a
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Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1976. No. 333, p. 210 (illus.).
Ruth Davidson, Museum Accessions, Antiques. Vol XCVII, June 1970. p. 830.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Raiment for the Lord’s Service: A Thousand Years of Western Vestments,
November 15, 1975–January 18, 1976
The Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Works of Eighteenth Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, January 24–March 28, 1976
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Vestments and Liturgical Textiles from the Permanent Collection, July 27–October 9, 1983
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall, March 20- August 11, 1992
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall, February 25 - August 26, 1994
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Heralding a Vestment Collection, September 11, 1996–January 12, 1997
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall, January 25- May 22, 2000
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall, April 18- August 14,2003
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